Instrument for trying gunpowder
Date
ca.1662
Creator
Unknown, Artist
After
Robert Hooke (1635 - 1703, British) , Natural philosopher
Object type
Archive reference number
Manuscript page number
p479
Material
Dimensions
height (page): 320mm
width (page): 200mm
width (page): 200mm
Subject
Content object
Description
An instrument designed by Robert Hooke to determine the force of gunpowder. A drawing was submitted by Hooke at the meeting of the Royal Society on 9 September 1663 and ordered to be registered.
This drawing was copied from one of the original Register Books (RBO/2i/298 or RBO/2ii/197). The original drawing by Hooke is found at Cl.P/20/22/003. Another copy can be found at RBC/2/086.
This volume is another copy of entries of the first two volumes of the Register Book. It was given to Sir Joseph Banks by G. S. Heales Esquire of Doctor's Common on 31 May 1814.
This drawing was copied from one of the original Register Books (RBO/2i/298 or RBO/2ii/197). The original drawing by Hooke is found at Cl.P/20/22/003. Another copy can be found at RBC/2/086.
This volume is another copy of entries of the first two volumes of the Register Book. It was given to Sir Joseph Banks by G. S. Heales Esquire of Doctor's Common on 31 May 1814.
Object history
At the meeting of the Royal Society on 9 September 1663, ‘Mr. Hooke brought in a scheme of the instrument for determining the force of gunpowder by weight, together with an explication thereof; which was ordered to be registered’ (Birch 1:302). Text and figure printed in Birch 1:303.
See the chapter 'The History of Making Gun-Powder', in Thomas Sprat, The History of the Royal-Society of London for the Improving of Natural Knowledge (London: Printed by T. R. for J. Martyn and J. Allestry, 1667).
See the chapter 'The History of Making Gun-Powder', in Thomas Sprat, The History of the Royal-Society of London for the Improving of Natural Knowledge (London: Printed by T. R. for J. Martyn and J. Allestry, 1667).
Related fellows
Robert Hooke (1635 - 1703, British) , Natural philosopher
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